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I have to say that whatever decisions I make, I really do think that movie making is a director's medium. They are the people that ultimately shape the film, and a director can take great material and turn it into garbage if they are not capable of making a good movie.

They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really true.

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium.

Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

There is often a great disparity between a director's personal style and the movies he makes.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

An actor is only a part of the film, not the whole, and very often, he is moulded by the director. That is why a good director can make so much difference to a film.

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.